1. A construction company has allocated $1.92 million to buy new bulldozers, backhoes, and dumptrucks. Bulldozers cost $16,000 each, backhoes cost $24,000 each, and dumptrucks cost $32,000 each. The company needs twice as many bulldozers as backhoes, and the total number of construction vehicles to be purchased is 100. (a) Formulate the system of equations needed to find how many of each type of construction vehicles will be purchased. (Assume the entire budget will be used.) (b) Write the system of equations as an augmented matrix. (c) Pivot the matrix about the element in the first row and the first column. (d) Solve the system of equations from here.
2. The following augmented matrices come from systems of equations using x, y, and z. Solve the system of equations. If there is no solution, write no solution. If there are infinitely many solutions, find the parametric solution. (a) 1 2 4 1 2 0 4 3 12 (b) 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 5 3 3. The quantity demanded each month of a high end action figure is 250 when the unit price is $141. The quantity demanded each month is 1000 when the unit price is $111. The suppliers will market 700 of the action figures when the unit price is $75. If the price is $61 or lower, the supplier will make no action figures. If both supply and demand are known to be linear, what is the equilibrium quantity and price?
4. A manufacturer has a monthly fixed cost of $57,500 and a production cost of $9 for each unit produced. The product is then sold for $14 per unit. Find the break even quantity for the manufacturer. 1 x [ 5. Let A = 6 1 y 7 7, B = 2 x 4 y 1 matrix operations, if they exist. (a) A + B T ], and C = 2 x 4 y. Perform the indicated x 0 (b) AC (c) BA
6. Bookstore A has 1663 fiction hardcover books, 2661 fiction paperback books, 2196 nonfiction hardcover books, 1524 nonfiction paperback books, 1522 reference hardcover books, and 1686 reference paperback books. (a) Represent the inventory of Bookstore A as a matrix, A, with rows for hardcover and paperback, and columns for fiction, nonfiction, and reference. (b) Bookstore B has inventory given in matrix B: B = Fiction Nonfiction Reference [ ] Hardcover 2395 1696 1691 Paperback 3033 1690 2150 If the two bookstores merge, find matrix C that represents the total inventory of the new bookstore.
7. A nutritionist advises a patient to take at least 2400 mg of iron, 2100 mg of vitamin B 1, and 1500 mg of vitamin B 2 over a period of time. The patient finds two suitable pills: Brand A and Brand B. Brand A pills cost 6 cents per pill and contain 40 mg of iron, 10 mg of B 1 and 5 mg of B 2. Brand B pills cost 8 cents per pill and contain 10 mg of iron and 15 mg each of B 1 and B 2. What combination of pills should the patient purchase to meet the minimum requirements at lowest cost? (a) Set up the linear programming problem. (b) Graph the solution set for the linear programming problem. 300 250 200 150 100 50 50 100 150 200 250 300 (c) Solve the problem using the method of corners. (d) How much more than the minimum nutrition requirement for iron, vitamin B 1, or vitamin B 2? (Round your answer to the nearest milligram.)
8. Solve the following linear programming problem using the simplex method. Maximize: P = 6x + 7y subject to: 3x + 8y 1 4x 5y 4 2x + 7y 6 x 0, y 0
9. Shade the region of the Venn diagrams that represent the given event: (a) (A B) C c S a b c A B d e f g C h (b) A c B c C c S a b c A B d e f g C h (c) Are the events given in parts (a) and (b) above mutually exclusive? Why or why not?
10. Let S denote the sample space of all people living in Middle Earth and let H = {x U x is a hobbit} E = {x U x is an elf} F = {x U x is a woman} M = {x U x knows magic spells} (a) Write the event that represents all elves who are women or know magic spells.. (b) Use words to represent the event H C M. 11. A two stage experiment consists of flipping a coin and recording the result. If a heads is flipped a four sided die is cast and the result recorded. If a tails is flipped, the coin is flipped again and the result recorded. (a) What is an appropriate sample space for this experiment? (b) Write the event that a heads is flipped.
12. Let S = {s 1, s 2, s 3, s 4, s 5, s 6 } be the sample space associated with the experiment having the following probability distribution. (a) What is the probability of S? Outcome s 1 s 2 s 3 s 4 s 5 s 6 1 1 1 1 1 Probability 12 12 3 12 6 (b) What is the probability of? (c) What is the probability of the event {s 2, s 3, s 6 }? 13. Find the expected value of the random variable X with the probability distribution given. x 7 3 1 5 9 13 P (X = x) 0.12 0.17 0.14 0.18 0.16 0.23
14. A survey was conducted of 1000 people to determine the number of books they checked out from the library on that day. The results are given below. Number of Books 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 Frequency 306 208 220 94 72 30 70 (a) Find the probability that a person checked out exactly 2 books. (Round to three decimal places.) (b) Find the probability that a person checked out more than 5 books. (Round to three decimal places.) (c) What is the average number of books checked out from the library that day?
15. Arthur borrowed $5,000 from a loan shark 9 months ago with simple interest. Now he owes $8,000 to the loan shark. What was the interest rate that the loan shark charged Arthur? 16. Find the present value of $50,000 due in 6 years if the account is at a rate of 8% per year compounded (round your answers to the nearest cent) (a) continuously. (b) quarterly. (c) semiannually.
17. A family is looking for mortages for their home. Option A is a fixed rate of 6.5% per year compounded monthly, and option B is a fixed rate of 6.6% per year compounded quarterly. Find which loan the family should take by comparing effective rates of interest. 18. Lauren plans to deposit $6000 into a bank account at the beginning of next month and $200 per month into the same account at the end of that month and each subsequent month for the next 7 years. If her bank pays interest at a rate of 5% per year compounded monthly, how much will Lauren have in her account at the end of the 7 years? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
19. After a down payment of $50,000, a family gets a loan of $150,000 for a house for 30 years at 8% per year, compounded monthly. (a) Compute this portion of the amortization table. Period Interest owed Payment Amount to Principal Outstanding principal 0 1 2 (b) What is the equity on the home after 8 years? Round your answer to the nearest cent. 20. A corporation creates a sinking fund in order to have $490,000 to replace machinery in 9 years. (a) How much should be placed in this account at the end of each week if the annual interest rate is 5.8% compounded weekly? Round your answer to the nearest cent. (b) How much interest would they earn over the life of the account? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
21. Simplify the following expressions so that they contain no radicals or negative exponents. (a) x 3 x (b) 5 xy 3 7 x 4 y 22. Ruby has a bank account compounded continuously at an annual rate of 4.8% interest. How long will it take her to double the money she puts into the account? Round to two decimal places.
23. Find the domains of the following functions in interval notation: (a) y = 3 x x 2 144 (b) y = log 8 (8 4x) (c) y = 8 4x (d) y = { x ln(x+ 1 2 ) 1 x < 1 x 3 x 2 9 x 1
24. Evaluate f(x+h) f(x) when h 0 for the following functions: h (a) f(x) = 2x 2 x + 2 (b) f(x) = 2 4x+3 (c) f(x) = 2x 5
25. Use the properties of logarithms to fully expand the following: (a) log 2 (x 5 y) (b) ln ( ) z+4 xy 5 26. Let g(t) = t + t and h(t) = 4t + 5. Evaluate the following. (a) g(h(5)) (b) h(g(4))
27. Solve the following equations for x: (a) log 2 (x 2 x 8) = 2 (b) ln(6x + 5) 2 = 0 (c) 9e 8x = 2 (d) 5 x 1 = 7
28. A simple economy consists of two industries: agriculture and manufacturing. The production of 1 unit of agicultural products requires the consumption of 0.4 units of agricultural products and 0.1 units of manufactured goods. The production of 1 unit of manufactured goods requires the consumption of 0.3 units of agricultural products and 0.1 units of manufactured goods. Find the total output of goods needed to satisfy a consumer demand of $100 worth of agricultural products and $150 worth of manufactured goods. Round your answers to the nearest whole number.